to come and go; to go back and forth
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
shop; small store; business; firm
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
headquarters; head office; main office
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
dispute; conflict; trouble; strife
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
military personnel; soldier
to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
armed forces; military; troops
on bad terms; at loggerheads
to differ; to vary; to disagree
armed might; military power; the sword; force
(political) power; authority; influence
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against